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A full field of 20 runners, including 17 Kentucky-breds, will decide Saturday’s 148th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. The top two morning-line choices—Zandon and Epicenter—are both Kentucky-breds and both horses appear to be peaking at the right time. The field also features fellow Kentucky-breds Mo Donegal, winner of the Wood… Read more

Kentucky-bred War Like Goddess won the Bewitch S. (G3) on closing day at Keeneland on April 29, becoming racing’s newest millionaire. With Joel Rosario riding for trainer Bill Mott, War Like Goddess won the 1 ½-mile by 1 ¾ lengths, stopping clock in 2:31.26 for owner George Krikorian. It was the second straight win in… Read more

Kentucky-bred Letruska, the reigning Champion Older Mare, won the Apple Blossom H. (G1) at Oaklawn Park on April 23, and in the process joined some elite company. With the victory, the St. George Stable homebred joined Hall of Famers Paseana (ARG), Azeri, and Zenyatta as just the fourth horse in the race’s history to win… Read more

Lexington, KY – INDIAN MISS, dam of Grade 1 winners MITOLE and HOT ROD CHARLIE, named the 2021 Broodmare of the Year.  ESSENTIAL QUALITY led the awards presented to Godolphin being honored as the Kentucky-Bred Horse of the Year and as the Kentucky-Bred Champion Three-Year-Old Male.  Additional awards presented to Godolphin include MAXFIELD being named… Read more

Kentucky-breds Speaker’s Corner, making his first appearance in a Grade 1 race since a sixth-place finish in last year’s Pennsylvania Derby (G1), rolled to an impressive win in the Carter Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct on April 9, while Nest, a 3-year-old filly by Curlin, ran away from her rivals in the Ashland Stakes (G1) at… Read more

Kentucky-breds continued their dominance of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races on Saturday, April 9, with sensational coast-to-coast victories from Taiba in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1), Zandon in the Blue Grass S. (G1), and Mo Donegal in the $750,000 Wood Memorial S. (G2). Zedan Racing Stables’ Taiba made short work of a… Read more

Gold Square LLC’s Kentucky-bred Cyberknife secured a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) with an impressive victory in the $1,250,000 Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park on April 2. After unseating his rider, Florent Geroux, in the post parade, Cyberknife broke in after the start and raced in fourth position early. He took command around… Read more

Kentucky-bred White Abarrio stamped his ticked to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a determined win in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) on Saturday, April 2. A sharp winner of the of Holy Bull Stakes (G3) in February, White Abarrio skipped the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) on March 5 and needed a… Read more

Kentucky-breds shined on Dubai World Cup day at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, March 26, with Country Grammer taking down the marquee event’s top prize in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) and Switzerland winning the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1). Zedan Racing Stables, WinStar Farm, and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds’ Country Grammer, runner-up in the… Read more

The $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, March 26, has attracted a field of 11 topped by Grade 1-winning Kentucky-breds Life Is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, and Country Grammer. Life is Good, owned by WinStar Farm and China Horse Club and trained by Todd Pletcher, has won three straight races—the… Read more